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She added: “I just lost my dad in January, Robert’s brother Alan. He was only 53 and he died of cancer.

“I have only been back in contact with my dad’s side of the family since he passed away, it brought the family back together.

“Now my poor nan could have lost another son in a matter of months.”

Police are investigating the sickening attack as officers appeal for anyone with any information to come forward.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: “We are investigating a serious assault on a 58-year-old man from Tamworth which left the victim with fractures to his jaw, nose and left eye socket and bruised ribs.

“The attack took place between 8pm and 9pm on Friday, April 20 at a spot known locally as monkey bridge, in Bolehall, where the man was beaten and kicked by a group of youths.